Aircrew Security: A Practical Guide

The book is intended to help flight crews deal with the new complexities they now face in the skies. It is a practical guide on combating terrorism and other serious threats aboard commercial airliners. Using detailed studies of current airline security practice, verified by interviews with crewmembers worldwide, the book uncovers many of the shortcomings of international aviation security and presents plausible and innovative solutions to the problems crewmembers face.

Captain Clois (Bud) Williams retired as an A320 Captain in December 2001 after thirty-one years with three airlines (Eastern, American and America West), accumulating over 17,000 hours of jet time. Captain Williams is president of the Aviation Safety and Security Association, a division of Diversified Training Company, Inc Steven Waltrip, currently a First Officer/Instructor Pilot on the Airbus 320 with a major airline in the USA, has over 12,000 hours and was previously a chief pilot and check airman